Powys County Council election, 2004

The third election to the Powys County Council following local government reorganisation was held in May 2004..^[1] It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. The election resulted once again in a majority of Independent councillors

Results Overview

No Overall Control

Powys County Council election result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	4
	Conservative	0
	Liberal Democrat	15
	Plaid Cymru	0
	Independent	54
	Green

Ward Results (Brecknockshire)

Aber-craf (one seat)

Aber-craf 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Gwyn Gwillim*	508
	Independent	Stanley James Bowen	100
	Liberal Democrat	William Aubrey Jenkins	93
Majority
Turnout				65.0	+65.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Bronllys (one seat)

Bronllys 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Builth (one seat)

Builth 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lily Jarman-Harris	520
	Independent	Edward Ernest William Sweet*	490
Majority
Turnout				55.0	+3.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Bwlch (one seat)

Bwlch 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Kathryn Silk	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Crickhowell (one seat)

The Liberal Democrats won the seat in a by-election.

Crickhowell 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gerwyn Morris*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cwmtwrch (one seat)

Cwmtwrch 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Christine Davies	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Felin-fach (one seat)

Felin-fach 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hilda Jean Whittal*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Gwernyfed (one seat)

Gwernyfed 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geraint George Hopkins*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Hay (one seat)

Hay 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Charles James Gibson-Watt*	452
	Independent	Richard George William Pitt Booth	121
Majority
Turnout				44.0	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Llanafanfawr (one seat)

Llanafanfawr, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Rowland Price*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangattock (one seat)

Llangattock 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bryan Austen Wintle	215
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia McBride	123
	Labour	Jacqueline Lisa Charlton	67
Majority
Turnout				48.5	+48.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangors (one seat)

Llangors 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Melanie Jade Brookes Tunnicliffe*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Llangynidr (one seat)

Llangynidr 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Muriel Rosemarie Harris*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwrtyd Wells (one seat)

Llanwrtyd Wells 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Timothy John Van Rees*	541
	Liberal Democrat	Clive William Frederick Brooks	213
	Plaid Cymru	Thomas Gareth Morris	57
Majority
Turnout				58.0	+58.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Maescar / Llywel (one seat)

Maescar / Llywel 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Thomas Morgan*	498
	Independent	Edwin Llewelyn Roderick	366
Majority
Turnout				62.0	+62.0
	Independent hold		Swing

St Davids Within (one seat)

St Davids Within 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marilyn Roberts*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St John (one seat)

St John 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	William Bryan Bufton	616
	Independent	Andrew Martin Charles Weale	429
Majority
Turnout				42.0	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

St Mary (one seat)

St Mary 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul James Ashton	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Talgarth (two seats)

Talgarth 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	William Denston Powell	248
	Independent	Ivy Brenda Lewis*	242
	Conservative	Peter Graham Weavers	209
	Plaid Cymru	Brynach Parri	26
Majority			6
Turnout				56.0	+14.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Talybont-on-Usk (one seat)

Talybont-on-Usk 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Margaret Jane James*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tawe Uchaf (one seat)

Tawe Uchaf 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Krishn Pathak	218
	Independent	Janine Amanda David	144
	Independent	Susan Ann Brace	140
	Independent	Penelope Esther Jones	136
	Independent	Colin Howard Woodley	107
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Charles Hoptroff	105
Majority
Turnout				49.0	+49.0
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Ynyscedwyn (one seat)

Ynyscedwyn 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vivian James Gibbs*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Yscir (one seat)

Yscir 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Gillian Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Ystradgynlais (two seats)

Ystradgynlais 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Steadman	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward Results (Montgomeryshire)

Banwy (one seat)

Banwy 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eluned Beryl Maud Vaughan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Berriew (one seat)

Berriew 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Allan Lawton	342
	Independent	David Edward Davies	231
Majority
Turnout				56.0	+56.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Blaen Hafren (one seat)

Blaen Hafren 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Thomas Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Caaersws (one seat)

Caresws 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Rachel Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Churchstoke (one seat)

Churchstoke 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwynfryn Courtnenay Hamer*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Dolforwyn (one seat)

Wynne Jones had won the seat, previously held by a Conservative, at a by-election in January 2004.

Dolforwyn 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wynne Thomas Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Forden (one seat)

Forden 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Janet Riffel	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Glantwymyn (one seat)

Glantwymyn 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Pughe Vaughan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Guilsfield (one seat)

Guilsfield 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Richard Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Kerry (one seat)

Kerry 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kathryn Mary Roberts-Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanbrynmair (one seat)

Llanbrynmair 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert William Morgan	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandinam (one seat)

Llandinam 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leonard Roche Elvet Davies	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrinio (one seat)

Llandrinio 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Graham Brown*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysilio (one seat)

Llandysilio 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Arwel Jones	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfair Caereinion (one seat)

Llanfair Caereinion 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Viola Elizabeth Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel (one seat)

Llanfihangel 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Barry Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfyllin (one seat)

Llanfyllin 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Ellis Bowen*	339
	Independent	David Barry Goodman	188
Majority
Turnout				49.0	-10.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanidloes (one seat)

Llanidloes 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Morgan*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / Llansilin(one seat)

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / Llansilin 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Henry Hughes*	496
	Independent	Ethel Maureen Wilde	339
Majority
Turnout				62.0	+3.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansantffraid (one seat)

Llansantffraid 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tegwyn Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwddyn (one seat)

Llanwddyn 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Thomas Tibbott*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Machynlleth (one seat)

Machynlleth 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Michael Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Meifod (one seat)

Meifod 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eldrydd Mary Jones	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Montgomery (one seat)

Montgomery 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Penton Richards*	219
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Brian Fairbrother	192
	Independent	Margaret Olwen John	150
Majority
Turnout				56.0	+56.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Newtown Central(one seat)

Newtown Central 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Walter Griffiths*	259
	Independent	Reginald Taylor	199
	Conservative	Joy Rachel Jones	195
Majority
Turnout				29.0	-14.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Newtown East (one seat)

Newtown East 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Louis Hedley Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North (one seat)

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Noyce*	257
	Conservative	Francis Alexander Torrens	255
Majority
Turnout				38.0	-10.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Thomas Davey	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Newtown South (one seat)

Newtown South 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Henry Mills	380
	Liberal Democrat	Richard John White	93
Majority
Turnout				38.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Rhiwcynon (one seat)

Rhiwcynon 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joyce Gethin Shearer*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Trewern (one seat)

Trewern 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dawn Bailey	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Welshpool Castle (one seat)

Welshpool Castle 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip Charles Pritchard	183
	Liberal Democrat	Francesca Jump	144
	Independent	John Robert Peatroy	63
Majority
Turnout				46.0	+8.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Welshpool Gungrog (one seat)

The Liberal Democrats took the seat from Labour at a by-election.

Welshpool Gungrog 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Mervyn Gwynfor Kinsey	450
	Conservative	Nicholas John Bardsley	182
Majority
Turnout				37.0	+37.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Welshpool Llanerchyddol (one seat)

Welshpool Llanerchyddol 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ann Florence Holloway*	546
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Benge-Abbott	248
Majority
Turnout				34.0	+34.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Ward Results (Radnorshire)

Beguildy (one seat)

Beguildy 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Harold Brunt	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Disserth and Trecoed (one seat)

Disserth and Trecoed 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Gwyn Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Glasbury (one seat)

Glasbury 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Elizabeth Morris*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Knighton (one seat)

Knighton 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Albert Harris	725
	Independent	Janice Geraldine Harris	360
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Fred Barker*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod East/West (one seat)

Llandrindod East/West 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gary David Price	266
	Independent	Kenneth John Richards	207
Majority
Turnout				48.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod North (one seat)

Llandrindod North 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Francis Tampin	365
	Independent	Robert William Bevan*	324
Majority			31
Turnout				49.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod South (one seat)

Llandrindod South 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Brian Oakley*	434
	Liberal Democrat	David John Peter	415
Majority			19
Turnout				50.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelwedd (one seat)

Llanelwedd 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Valerie Ann Morgan	340
	Independent	Geoffrey Miles Worts*	213
Majority
Turnout				58.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangunllo (one seat)

Llangunllo 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wilfred Geoffrey Lewis	377
	Independent	William John Thomas Powell	199
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Anthony Holborrow	64
Majority
Turnout				63.0	+63.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanyre (one seat)

Llanyre 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John David Arthur Thompson*	361
	Independent	Julia Elizabeth Owens	155
Majority
Turnout				57.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Nantmel (one seat)

Nantmel 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Owen Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Old Radnor (one seat)

Old Radnor 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Michael Jones*	606
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Joan Leach	150
Majority
Turnout				60.0	+60.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Presteigne (one seat)

Presteigne 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Garry Richard Banks*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Rhayader (one seat)

Rhayader 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Hugh Tyler*	369
	Independent	Elizabeth Fletcher Phillips	321
	Independent	Edward Narborough	261
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

By-Elections 2004-08

A number of by-elections were held during this period.

References

↑ "County Council Election Results". Powys County Council. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

Council elections in the preserved county of Powys

Powys County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012

Brecknock Borough Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Montgomeryshire District Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Radnorshire District Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

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